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The Feasts of the Lord, Leviticus chapter 23 | |
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Required annual feasts: given to the Israelite's in Deuteronomy 16:1-17 Exodus 23:14-19
| Feast name | Jewish date/time |
Month length |
Brief description and reason |
| The LORD's Passover |
14th day 1stmonth |
April 1 day |
Marks the day of the Israelite's exodus from Egypt due to the 10th plague, (killing of the first born). Immediately after the Passover is the Feast of Unleavened bread. |
| Unleavened Bread |
15th day 1st Month |
April 7 days |
When being delivered from the bondage of Egypt, the children of Israel, had no time to let their bread rise. |
| Firstfruits | Harvest time |
March/April 1 day |
Celebrating the first fruits of their crops, in acknowledgement of the LORD giving the promise land to the Israelite's. |
| Feast of Weeks |
50 days after Passover | June 1 day |
Celebrating the wheat crop harvest, seven weeks after Passover. Marks the day when Moses received the law on Mount Sinai, In the new testament, Pentecost falls on this day, when the people received the Holy Spirit. |
| Feast of Trumpets |
1stday 7th Month |
September 1 day |
A Sabbath rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, no customary work could be done
and each man gave as the Lord prospered him. Begins the Jewish new year, (Rosh-Hashanah) |
| Day of Atonement |
10thday 7th Month. |
September 1 day |
Everyone afflicted their souls, (possibly by fasting or through examining of
their soul), and gave an offering to the priest, to make atonement for himself
before the LORD their God. Ends the celebration of the Jewish new year, (Yom-Kippur) |
| Feast of Tabernacles |
15thday 7th Month. |
September 7 days |
Also, referred to as the Feast of Booths. Living in booths for seven days,
signifies the Israelite's, wandering in the wilderness for forty years,
no customary work could be done. A thanksgiving celebration for the harvest, (Sukkot) |